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title: Creating and Modifying Database Objects
header: Chapter 5. Issuing a Query and Processing the Result
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previoustitle: Performing Updates
previous: update.html
nexttitle: Chapter 6. Calling Stored Functions
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To create, modify or drop a database object like a table or view you use the
`execute()` method. This method is similar to the method `executeQuery()`, but
it doesn't return a result. [Example 5.4, “Dropping a Table in JDBC](ddl.html#drop-table-example)
illustrates the usage.
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**Example 5.4. Dropping a Table in JDBC**
This example will drop a table.
`Statement st = conn.createStatement();`
`st.execute("DROP TABLE mytable");`
`st.close();`
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